Hello Ambassador Alliance CSREM folks, 

Next CSREM Ambassador Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, March 14^th at 10:00. Topic is OSHA update by Timothy S. Irving, Deputy Director, Directorate of Construction, US DOL/OSHA.

Previously Tim worked as the Assistant Regional Administrator (ARA) working in the OSHA Boston Regional Office with the Cooperative and State Programs team, as a   Compliance Assistance Specialist, and as a Compliance Safety and Health Officer on the construction strategic team in the Boston South Area Office.  Tim has been with OSHA since 2001 and his pre OSHA experience includes working as the Regional safety representative on some high profile high-rise construction projects in the Boston market.

Tim will review the current priorities of the Agency and how the Directorate of Construction coordinates its mission and goals into these priorities. Topics will include – Introduction of the Directorate of Construction, Infrastructure, Focus Four Hazards, National Inspection Statistics, Trenching, Regulatory Update, Mental Health in the Workplace, Prevention Through Design, Several recent accidents involving Truss collapses around the country, Criminal Activity report, Heat Illness, Fall Stand Down and other National Outreach Campaigns and much more…

This March meeting is being sponsored and hosted by Glenn Narrow of Greenwood Industries. The meeting is being held at The Doubletree Hotel, 201 Everett Ave, Chelsea, MA . If ya get lost call Nancy on her cell phone 617-959-4414. Per usual and customary, please RSVP to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting nancy.hughes@ohstc.us by noon-time this Friday 03/10/23 to ensure an accurate head-count is given to the hotel for catering menu and seating arrangements.

2023 schedule and meeting sponsors:

Mar 14^th – Greenwood – Tim Irving OSHA

Apr 11^th – Consigli – Chief Terrance Delahanty WPD 

May 09^th – sponsor open – Michael Fiore DLS

Jun 13^th – sponsor open

July/Aug – summer break

Thank you to our 2022 meeting sponsors and co-sponsors:

Jan 11th – Sponsor – Consigli Construction  

Feb 08^th –  Co-sponsors OHSTC and Greenwood Industries 

Mar 08^th – Co-sponsors Eversource & UWUA Local 369

April 12^th – Sponsor Risk Talk Voice Technology

May 10^th – Sponsor True North Safety LLC

Jun 14^th –  Sponsor NELH&SF

Jul/Aug  – summer break

Sept 13^th – Sponsor Manafort Precision

Oct 11^th –  Sponsor Lee Kennedy 

Nov 08^th – Co-sponsors OHSTC and Greenwood Industries

Dec 13^th – Co-sponsors Atlantic Equipment and Sales Solutions Inc

Hello Ambassador Alliance Roundtable folks, 

Our next CSREM Roundtable Ambassador Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, June 14th at 10:00. This month’s topic is Mental Health and Suicide in Construction.

Our speaker is Noell Woolley, MD., MPH, Medical Program Director, New England Laborers’ Health & Safety Fund. Noell is speaking on “Mental Health and Suicide in Construction” presenting an overview of the scope of the problem in the construction industry, how to identify and manage suicidal employees, and the responsibility and challenges of the employer.

This June meeting is being sponsored and hosted by Raymond C. Coia, Administrator, New England Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund. The meeting is being held at The Doubletree Hotel, 201 Everett Ave, Chelsea, MA.  For this month only when entering the front door take a left into the lounge. If ya get lost call Nancy on her cell phone 617-959-4414. Per usual and customary, please RSVP to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting, Inc. at nancy.hughes@ohstc.us by noon-time this Friday 06/10/22 to ensure an accurate head-count is given to the hotel for catering menu and seating arrangements.  

Historical Perspective is attached.  

2022 meeting schedule and meeting sponsors: 

June 14^th – sponsor NELH&SF – topic Mental Health and Suicide in Construction.

July/August – summer break

Sept 13^th – sponsor Manafort Precision – topic CPWR Safety Climate – Safety Management Information System

RSVP required please…. Per usual and customary, please RSVP to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting, Inc. at nancy.hughes@ohstc.us by noon-time this Friday 04/08/22 to ensure an accurate head-count is given to the hotel for catering menu and seating arrangements.

April Meeting topic….. voice technology and software applications for safety.

Hello Ambassador Alliance Roundtable folks,

Our next CSREM Roundtable Ambassador Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, April 12th at 10:00.

This month’s topic is voice technology and software applications for safety.

Our speakers are Stuart Farquharson and David Press, the co-founders of RiskTalk who will introduce their innovative approach to reducing safety paperwork and learning from everyday work. Additionally, Bob Kunz, of Dimeo Construction Company will offer insights from an ongoing beta run of RiskTalk.

So, if you are looking for ways to connect remotely to crew leaders, you are tired of paperwork, or, looking for ways to improve engagement, RiskTalk may be the solution you have been waiting for…… The RiskTalk platform uses your voice to captures safety conversations, completes risk assessments, incident reports and much more. Voice is fast and efficient. Voice means no paperwork. Voice creates better data.

For additional information regarding RiskTalk click here.

This April meeting is being sponsored and hosted by Stuart Farquharson and David Press of RiskTalk. The meeting is being held at The Doubletree Hotel, 201 Everett Ave, Chelsea, MA. If ya get lost call Nancy on her cell phone 617-959-4414. Per usual and customary, please RSVP to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting, Inc. at nancy.hughes@ohstc.us by noon-time this Friday 04/08/22 to ensure an accurate head-count is given to the hotel for catering menu and seating arrangements.

From Glenn:

Hello Ambassador Alliance Roundtable folks, 

Our next CSREM Roundtable Ambassador Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, March 08th at 10:00. This month’s topic is Human and Organizational Performance.

Speaker is Dr. Jenny Petipas a Safety Analyst for Eversource Energy with a focus on Human and Organizational Performance. This interactive presentation will cover the “new view” of safety, otherwise known as Human and Organizational Performance (HOP). The agenda for this presentation includes:

• The “old” vs. “new” view of safety
• What is HOP?
• What are the five principles of HOP?
• Serious Injury and Fatality (SIF)
• Learning Teams
• Tips on how to incorporate HOP into your safety culture

Jeff Myung of Eversource will present on dig safe mark outs.

This March meeting is being sponsored and hosted by Eversource & Eversource UWUA Local 369. Namely, Jon Duffy Electric Operations, Janet Evans Gas Operations & Brian Hannon Eversource Local 369. The meeting is being held at The Doubletree Hotel, 201 Everett Ave, Chelsea, MA.  If ya get lost call Nancy on her cell phone 617-959-4414. Per usual and customary, please RSVP to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting, Inc. at nancy.hughes@ohstc.us by noon-time this Friday 03/04/22 to ensure an accurate head-count is given to the hotel for catering menu and seating arrangements.  

Historical Perspective is attached especially if you would like to know when your company last sponsored and/or hosted a Roundtable safety meeting.  

2022 meeting schedule and meeting sponsors: 

March 08^th – sponsor Eversource & Eversource UWUA Local 369

April 12^th – sponsor open – topic open

May 10^th – sponsor open – topic open

June 14^th – sponsor open – topic open

July/August – summer break

From Glenn: Hello Ambassador Alliance Roundtable folks, 

Our next CSREM Roundtable Ambassador Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, February 08th at 10:00. This month’s topic is Sleep.

Dr. Brian Morris, the Medical Director of OHS Training & Consulting, Inc., returns to the CSREM Roundtable Alliance, this time, in person.  Sleep will be the topic.  We spend one-third of our lives asleep, yet no one really knows why.  The agenda for the presentation “Sweet Dreams 😴” includes:

• Sleep facts
• What is sleep?
• Why do we sleep?
• Stages of sleep
• Dreams-sweet or scary 
• How much sleep do we need?
• Sleep disorders (narcolepsy, sleep apnea)
• Sleep deprivation: a construction safety risk
• What can a construction employer do to address sleep deprivation?
• Tips on how to get a good night’s rest

This presentation should be fun and informative.  Much of what we know about sleep is based more on speculation that it is on hard science; therefore, bring an open mind to the meeting. This February meeting is being co-sponsored and hosted by Nancy Hughes of OHSTC and Glenn Narrow of Greenwood Industries. The meeting is being held at The Doubletree Hotel, 201 Everett Ave, Chelsea, MA.  If ya get lost call Nancy on her cell phone 617-959-4414. NOTE: this Roundtable meeting will be held under the same COVID guidelines as last months in-seat meeting. Per usual and customary, please RSVP to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting, Inc. at nancy.hughes@ohstc.us by noon-time this Friday 02/04/22 to ensure an accurate head-count is given to the hotel for catering menu and seating arrangements

Our next CSREM Roundtable Ambassador Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, January 11th at 10:00. This month’s topic is MA DLS 2020 safety statistics.

Michael A. Fiore, MA Department of Labor Standards, On-Site Consultation Program, Occupational Safety & Health Statistics Program will present a most interesting view focusing on Massachusetts worker injury and fatality data.

This January meeting is being sponsored and hosted by Eddy Pellerin and Bryan Kingsbury Safety Managers, Consigli Construction Company. The meeting is being held at The Doubletree Hotel, 201 Everett Ave, Chelsea, MA.  If ya get lost call Nancy on her cell phone 617-959-4414. NOTE: this Roundtable meeting will be the same as previous meetings being an in-seat and mask-less meeting. per usual and customary, please RSVP to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting, Inc. at nancy.hughes@ohstc.us by noon-time this Friday 01/07/22 to insure an accurate head-count is given to the hotel for catering menu and seating arrangements.  

Hello Ambassador Alliance Roundtable folks, 

Our next CSREM Roundtable Ambassador Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, November 9th at 10:00.  This months topic is and Our Speakers are : 

Dennis Sullivan and Brian Teague are local leaders in the field of substance use disorder treatment. Both in long-term recovery, they will be discussing their personal and professional insights re: substance misuse in the 21st century. Discussion points are outlined below: 

1. Personal Histories: Dennis Sullivan and Brian Teague will discuss their journeys toward recovery
2. Levels of Care Overview:

A) Liberty Health Services- Inpatient Medical Detox

B) Chapters Recovery Center- PHP and IOP Outpatient programs

C) Michael’s House and Patrick’s House- Sober Living

3. Substance Use Disorder Treatment in a Post-pandemic world
4. Barriers to Treatment
5. Community Support

This November meeting is being sponsored and hosted by Richard Galletta of TREVIICOS.  The meeting is being held @ The Doubletree Hotel 201 Everett Ave Chelsea MA 02150.  If ya get lost call Nancy on her cell phone 617-959-4414.  NOTE: this Roundtable meeting will be the same as previous meetings being an in-seat meeting and mask-less. Fully Vaccinated members are not required to wear a mask indoors. “Fully Vaccinated: is defined as any person on the 16th day after receiving their last dose of COVID vaccine.

As customary, please RSVP to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting, Inc. at nancy.hughes@ohstc.us by noontime this Friday 11/5/21 to insure and accurate head count is given to the hotel for catering and seating arrangements.  

Historical Perspective is attached if you would like to see when your company last sponsored a Roundtable meeting.  

Meeting schedule and meeting sponsors: 

November 9 – Sponsor  – Richard Galletta TREVIICOS @ Doubletree Chelsea

December 14- Sponsor – Bill Timmons SPS New England, Inc @ Doubletree January 11th – Sponsor – Open  

Hello Ambassador Alliance Roundtable folks,

The next CSREM Roundtable Ambassador Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, October 12th at 10:00.

This month’s topic is Confined Space and our speakers are from Spec. Rescue International of Virginia Beach, Virginia with a local office based in Massachusetts. Our panel of speakers include:

• Christopher Parker, Lead Instructor, retired City of New Haven, CT FD
• Charles “Chuck” Flanagan, Industrial Services Coordinator for Metro Boston Area, retired Winthrop, MA FD
• Dennis Macedo, Program Manager for the Northeast Region, Retired New Bedford, MA FD

This October’s meeting is being sponsored and hosted by Glenn Narrow of Greenwood Industries. The meeting is being held @ Double Tree Hotel, 201 Everett Ave, Chelsea, MA 02150. If ya get lost, call Nancy Hughes on her cell phone # 617-959-4414. NOTE: this Roundtable meeting will be the same as our September in-seat meeting – mask-less. Fully Vaccinated members are not required to wear a mask indoors. “Fully Vaccinated” is defined as any person on the 16^th day after receiving their last dose of a COVID vaccine. 

As customary, please RSVP to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting Inc. at nancy.hughes@ohstc.us by noontime this Friday 10/08/21 to insure an accurate head count is given to the hotel for catering and seating arrangements. Glenn is buying lunch. As a result, the menu is known and will include; Chicken Marsala, Garden Salad, Roasted Potatoes, Seasonal Vegetables, Rolls & Butter, Pastry Dessert and assorted soft beverages. Coffee bar will be available before the meeting, eh!

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE is attached if you would like to see when your company last sponsored a Roundtable meeting.

2021 remaining meeting schedule and meeting sponsors:

Oct 12  – sponsor Greenwood Industries Inc. @ Double Tree Hotel, Chelsea, MA

Nov 09 – sponsor and host open

Dec 14 – sponsor and host open

Hello Ambassador Alliance Roundtable folks,

Welcome back from a hot and rainy summer. The next CSREM Roundtable Ambassador Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, September 14th at 10:00.

This month’s speaker is Joel Pickering, EH&S Director, Lend Lease. Joel will present 3 cases of building collapse due to poor construction management. What does ANSI A10.26 say? What does OSHA say? What are Fire Dept building collapse basics!

This September’s meeting is being sponsored and hosted by Nancy Hughes, President, OHSTC and OHS Total Care, 1340 Soldiers Field Road, Brighton, MA. The meeting is being held @ Double Tree Hotel, 201 Everett Ave, Chelsea, MA 02150. If ya get lost, call Nancy Hughes on her cell phone # 617-959-4414. 

NOTE: this Roundtable meeting will be the same as our last in-seat meeting – mask-less. Fully Vaccinated members are not required to wear a mask indoors. “Fully Vaccinated” is defined as any person on the 16^th day after receiving their last dose of a COVID vaccine. 

As customary, please RSVP to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting Inc. at nancy.ohstc@gmail.com, by noontime this Thursday 09/09/21 to insure an accurate head count is given to the hotel for catering and seating arrangements. 

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE attached if you would like to see when your company last sponsored a Roundtable meeting.

2021 remaining meeting schedule and meeting sponsors:

Sep 14 – sponsor OHSTC and OHS Total Care @ Double Tree Hotel, Chelsea, MA

Oct 12  – sponsor Greenwood Industries Inc. @ Deer Island, Winthrop, MA

Nov 09 – sponsor and host open

Dec 14 – sponsor and host open

From Glenn:
Hello Roundtable members,

It is obvious for the near future CSREM Roundtable Alliance safety professional development meetings will be held virtually.
At last month’s September meeting Atty Nathan Henderson of Region 1 OSHA offered an insightful review of OSHA Act Legislative History by dissecting the 05/15/2020 DC Circuit Court appeals decision of the Kiewit Power Constructors Co. case.

This month’s speaker is Dr. Brian Morris. Brian T Morris, MD, JD, MBA, MPH is a physician and attorney. He is also trained in public health. Dr. Morris is the Medical Director for OHS Training & Consulting, Inc. / OHS Total Care.
Dr. Morris spoke at the March, April, June, and July meetings. Since the July meeting, so much has changed with regard to the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Based on new research, we know significantly more about how this virus spreads. In addition, there are better ways to test for the virus. Interesting, new treatments are in development. And, finally, there is the vaccine.

Dr. Morris’ presentation will try to focus on new data. The agenda includes:

• Where we stand now in the COVID-19 Pandemic
-Get ready for the autumn surge

• What we know about transmission
-Why the virus is spread so easily

• Symptoms
-Take time to smell the roses

• Personal Protective Measures
-How much of a difference do they really make?

• This is not just a respiratory infection
-This virus can affect the entire body

• High-risk people
-Statistically, YOU are likely at high risk

• Work
-Strategies for staying home and for returning to work

• Testing
-The pros and cons of three tests

• Treatment
-What’s old is new

• Vaccine update
-When to expect your coronavirus vaccination

Below is the link to log on-to Microsoft Teams Meeting – Microsoft Teams call in information:
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Next month, November 10th Maryann Medeiros MPH, CSP, Assistant Regional Administrator, Cooperative and State Programs, Region I, USDOL – OSHA, will provide the annual OSHA Region 1 update.

Hello Roundtable members, 

Our next CSREM Roundtable Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Dr. Brian T Morris is returning as this month’s speaker. 

At the last three meetings, Dr. Morris spoke about the COVID-19 Pandemic.  The July meeting will be completely different.  With the summer heat upon us, Dr. Morris will discuss heat stress as it relates to the construction industry. 

Brian T Morris, MD, JD, MBA, MPH is a physician and attorney.  He is also trained in public health.  Dr. Morris is the Medical Director for OHS Training & Consulting, Inc.

·       Body temperature

            -What is normal?

            -What is abnormal?

·       How hot is it?

-Typical summertime temperatures

-Extreme summer temperatures

-How hot can a construction worksite get?

·       How the body tries to regulate its temperature in the face of high heat

-Thermal convection

-Sweating

·       What happens when the system is overloaded and breaks down

-Heat cramps

-Heat exhaustion

-Heat stroke

·       Treatment for heat stress

-Onsite measures

-Hospitalization

·       Preventing heat stress at a construction site

-Elimination

-Substitution

-Engineering and administrative controls

-PPE

This July 14, 2020 lecture will be free of the coronavirus, but will address a problem that can be just as deadly.  So, who should attend?  Individuals who want to learn about how the body handles heat and what can go wrong when the system fails catastrophically.  In this day and age, no one should ever die from excessive heat exposure.  You will learn how to provide a safe working environment even during a severe summer heat wave.

Microsoft Teams call in information: Link

Be Well and Stay Safe

From Glenn: Hello Roundtable members,

Our next CSREM Roundtable Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. This month’s speaker is Dr. Brian T Morris.
Brian T Morris, MD, JD, MBA, MPH is a physician and attorney. He is also trained in public health. Dr. Morris is the Medical Director for OHS Training & Consulting, Inc. / OHS Total Care.

Dr. Morris spoke at last month’s meeting. He presented an overview SARS-CoV-2, the virus that is causing the COVID-19 Pandemic. He also discussed recommendations regarding how the construction industry could screen and protect its workers. Finally, he closed by looking at what the future might bring.

So much has happened in the past few weeks. This month, Dr. Morris will look at new medical discoveries and relate these to the construction industry. The agenda includes:

• COVID-19 update:
-Who is prone to infection and why?
-COVID-19 is so much more than a lung infection
-Who is likely to die from COVID-19?
-If I survive COVID-19, am I immune to future SARS-CoV-2 infections?

• What can construction industry employers do?
-How to eliminate SARS-CoV-2 from the workplace
-Is employee testing for the virus possible
-Engineering and Administrative Controls
-How long can the virus live on surfaces?
-A breakthrough in disinfectant technology
-Respirator protection: good, better, best
-Why it’s great to work outside this summer

• A look to the future
-We’ve flattened the curve. Now what?
-New treatments
-Good news on the vaccination front!
-How to reopen your business and stay open
-The new normal

This May 12, 2020 lecture will NOT be a rehash of last month’s presentation, but it will build on some of the data introduced at that time. So, who should attend? People in the construction industry who want to know how this devastating pandemic will affect them and what can be done to mitigate the effects.

This meeting is being sponsored by Glenn Narrow, Corporate Safety Director, Greenwood Industries, Inc. The Meeting is being will be held via Microsoft Teams at this link.

We will be joined by our partners from Safer RI and NE Chapter of ASSP. Welcome everyone.

From Glenn: Hello Roundtable members, 

Our next CSREM Roundtable Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 10:00.

This month’s speaker is Mark Heffron, USDOL-OSHA Region 1, JFK Federal Building, Boston Office, Enforcement Programs.

Mark will present – Advanced Fall Protection – topics to include:

• Do you use personal fall arrest systems (PFAS) (i.e., harness, lanyards, anchors, etc.).
• Do you have a Competent Person (CP) for your fall protection?
• Do you have a Qualified Person (QP) for your fall protection?
• Can your workers and CP’s identify anchor points for PFASs?
• Do your workers and/or CP’s know how to calculate fall distances based on the systems they are using.
• Do you know the difference between a Class A and Class B Self-Retracting Lifelines (SRL), or Class B LE SRL’s?

This Presentation will;

• Identify equipment types and equipment limitations.
• Calculate basic fall distances.
• Identify and calculate fall distance for three basic types of PFAS’s.
• Collect the information needed to calculate more complex fall distances. 
• Review some complex fall arrest forces and fall distance calculations.
• Horizontal Lifelines (HLL’s) design requirements and manufacturer’s out-of-the-bag systems.

Participants are encouraged to bring a scientific calculator or slide rule to meeting.

This meeting is being both sponsored and hosted by Dennis Mullen, Safety Director – New England Division, Gilbane Building Company. Roundtable meeting is being held at Double Tree Hotel, 201 Everett Ave, Chelsea, MA. If ya get lost, call Nancy Hughes on her cell phone # 617-959-4414. 

To sponsor/co-sponsor any of the 2020 Roundtable meetings please see below availabilities – first come first serve regarding the month of choice.

As customary, please RSVP your reservation to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting Inc. at nancy.ohstc@gmail.com, by noontime this Friday March 06, 2020 to insure your name is on the sign-in sheet, adequate seating arrangements are available and that Dennis has an accurate head count to provide to Double Tree for luncheon menu.

From Glenn:

Hello Roundtable members, 

Our next CSREM Roundtable Alliance safety professional development meeting is Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 10:00. This month’s co-speakers are Bob Carbone and Lynn Feigenbaum. 

Robert Carbone, Criminal Investigations Team (CIT), U.S. Dept. of Labor, JFK Federal Building, Boston will introduce the new CIT unit created last year 2019 within OSHA region 1. Bobs presentation will include the functions of the CIT unit, types of cases they focus on, review of the 3 – 4 cases they are currently working on and discussion of the Atlantic Drain Case. Bob will be joined by Lynn Feigenbaum, Assistant District Attorney with Suffolk County.

This month’s meeting is being both sponsored and hosted by Glenn Narrow of Greenwood Industries. Roundtable meeting is being held at Double Tree Hotel, 201 Everett Ave, Chelsea, MA. If ya get lost, call Nancy Hughes on her cell phone # 617-959-4414. To sponsor/co-sponsor any 2020 Roundtable meetings please see below availability – first come first serve regarding the month of choice.

As customary, please RSVP your reservation to Nancy Hughes of OHS Training & Consulting Inc. at nancy.ohstc@gmail.com, by noontime this Friday February 07, 2020 to insure your name is on the sign-in sheet, adequate seating arrangements are available and that Glenn has an accurate head count to provide to Double Tree for luncheon menu.